WinterRye of Bluster

We skipped UU church this morning in the interests of restorative leisure. It was another beautiful day, and I went for a walk as soon as I had clothed myself--in a leisurely fashion, of course. As I set out in the sunshine, I congratulated myself because my legs weren't actually hurting. I was waylaid by a couple of neighbors. One pair of ladies wanted to know how to access the art gallery in the nuns' building. Another couple were just pulling out of their driveway on the way to do some voter canvassing. I was fine until I was on the last block of the return stretch, and then my knees started to hurt and I wished I was home already. I just don't feel entirely right. I hope I'll recover my energy pretty soon. We texted with the Diva about going to Muffinhead's high school graduation. We really wanted to, but it turns out that it's happening Memorial Day weekend, and thus the plane fares are all quite expensive. We thought maybe we'd send him the money for his college fund instead, and it seems that would be agreeable to the Diva. I'm disappointed about this, but maybe it's for the best. They still haven't heard about the results from his audition at the U of Michigan, but he auditioned at UNC Greensboro on Saturday, and the head of the department texted him to welcome him to the department that very afternoon! I'm very happy about that! I was also communicating with some writer friends to arrange a Skype tomorrow. The snow has melted quite a bit, and I saw that daffodil shoots are coming up in the back yard. It's going to snow again mid-week, but spring is coming.